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NEGARA KEPULAUAN (ARCHIPELAGIC STATE) Archipelago – bahasa Italia ‘archi’, artinya chief or the most important; dan ‘pelago’ artinya sea/pool – the most important sea Archipelago – bahasa Italia ‘archi’, artinya chief or the most important; dan ‘pelago’ artinya sea/pool – the most important sea Beberapa ahli mendefinisikan archipelago sebagai ‘an expanse of water with many scattered islands or a group of islands’; an ‘island-studded sea’; or a ‘sea interspersed with many islands’ Beberapa ahli mendefinisikan archipelago sebagai ‘an expanse of water with many scattered islands or a group of islands’; an ‘island-studded sea’; or a ‘sea interspersed with many islands’ Dari berbagai macam pengertian--‘a formation of two or more islands, (islets or rocks), which geographically may be considered as a whole. Dari berbagai macam pengertian--‘a formation of two or more islands, (islets or rocks), which geographically may be considered as a whole.

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Definisi Mid-ocean or Outlying Archipelago groups of islands situated out in the ocean at such a distance from the coasts of firm land as to be considered as an independent whole rather than forming part of outer coastline of the mainland. (Evensen, Jens, Certain Legal Aspects Concerning the Delimitation of the Territorial Waters of Archipelagos, First United Nation Conference on the Law of the Sea, Official Records, V.1. New York, (1980), 290)

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KONSEP NEGARA KEPULAUAN – KHL 1982 Archipelagic State can be defined as a State constituted wholly by one or more archipelagos and may include other islands (Article 46 par.1 of LOSC)—terdiri dari satu atau lebih archipelago Archipelagic State can be defined as a State constituted wholly by one or more archipelagos and may include other islands (Article 46 par.1 of LOSC)—terdiri dari satu atau lebih archipelago Archipelago means a group of islands, including parts of islands, interconnecting waters and other natural features which are so closely interrelated that such islands, waters and other natural features form an intrinsic geographical, economic and political entity, or which historically have been regarded as such. (Article 46 par.2 of LOSC) Archipelago means a group of islands, including parts of islands, interconnecting waters and other natural features which are so closely interrelated that such islands, waters and other natural features form an intrinsic geographical, economic and political entity, or which historically have been regarded as such. (Article 46 par.2 of LOSC)

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These elements aim to prevent a state, which have widely scattered islands not having the geographical, economic and political entity, to claim as an archipelagic State. To meet the conceptual elements of the concept of archipelagic state, those four elements of the definition of archipelago should be read as a whole. All of the criteria should be fulfilled cumulatively, not alternatively. It cannot be separated each other.